I know for a fact that I flipped the OFF switch after pouring my last cup of coffee. I distinctly remember watching the little green indicator light go dark. Now it is back on.

I first noticed this phenomena when the coffee maker was new. After pouring fresh water into the reservoir for the first time – it hissed at me. I thought nothing of it, figuring the ON switch was inadvertently flipped during shipping.

But it occurs too often for happenstance.

Then last evening something went bump in the night.

At first we blamed the cats.

The cats are supposed to stay off our kitchen counters – but they never do. As soon as we are out of sight, they jump up there and stroll about as if it were a promenade.

We know they do this because they knock things over.

Soon after midnight, a cat howled as the blender shattered on the kitchen tiles. It is when we went out to investigate that my wife accused me of leaving the coffee maker on and I denied it.

“You can’t deny that,” she said, pointing.

Across the kitchen, the coffee maker crackled and blue sparks danced out the back. The ON indicator glowed at us harshly.

45 thoughts on “My (Evil) Coffee Maker”

Cover all your doorknobs with aluminum foil , first. Then put the coffee-maker under a pyramid of some sort . Unplug everything and boil water for coffee on the stove for several weeks . Then , check back for further instructions . Hanging garlic around the house also help in some cases .

I don’t drink coffee, but my husband requires it to survive! His coffee maker is possessed like yours! Must be the manufacturer’s desire to steal both electricity and sleep from the owners of the house. Having excellent hearing, I hear the moment it turns itself on no matter what time it is! Drives me nuts!

Not plugged in you say! Albeit lowering the bar a tad is there a nearby brothel with electrical devices on hand? Ask there…see if such devices are activated whilst unplugged…the tale could go viral, you’d sell the film franchise rights I reckon!

Not to be paranoid but it’s the Chinese. Tiny bits of espionage plotted and planned by them to weaken and tear at the fabric of our imperialist/capitalist/consumerist nation. I read enough about it in my wife’s supermarket checkout newspapers. The ones with the REAL pictures of the space aliens. Think about it. All these electronic devices are abundant and priced to sell. Why? They are all made in China by workers paid in bags of rice. China. Computers, audio equipment, televisions and even baby monitors. E-gad, they are after our kid’s too! I’m convinced there is a department somewhere in their vast country responsible for inventing and implanting tricky little electronic micro gremlins into all of our consumer electronics. It’s a perfect plan. And not to be discovered. When was the last time you took ANY cheap electronic device into a trained and qualified repair shop that would charge more than the device was worth just to fill out the repair order? No, we go right out and buy a replacement with the newest and gremliest device inside. Doomed I say!

I’m not allowed to work the appliances. Our coffee maker has a timer function and it is set to accommodate the Mrs’ schedule. It’s a nice arrangement. She gets up earlier than me and I like my coffee to be a little burnt. I’m not in charge of turning things off, because I don’t. I’d suggest getting a new one, but each generation is worse than the one that came before it.

I am tempted to get a blue enamel coffee pot with a peculator and brew only Folgers out of a steel can. The only reason I do not do this, is that I reserve the experience for canoeing in Canada. There is nothing as satisfying and tasty as coffee peculated over a camp fire.